Re: [ST] Lowrance i500C GPS - LOOK NEW GPS THREAD!!!!

["Jonathan" <jonathanrellis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good points about the hard drive.  I wasn't sure about the size as I haven't
seen one, but MCN did a review with one on a bike, which is why I started
looking at it (unless I got it mixed up with a different model)

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Subject: Re: [ST] Lowrance i500C GPS - LOOK NEW GPS THREAD!!!!

Great unit, MP3 built in - two drawbacks I see for a motorcycle:
 1 - hard drive (rather than a flash memory) based unit. This is possibly
problematic in that hard drives don't like shocks and vibrations.
Flash-based memory has no moving parts, so bumps and the sort cannot damage
the drive, effectively rendering the unit useless.
 2 - size. The i500 is HUGE. Which is great for a car - large screen like
the built in units. But on a motorcycle it will look too big and take up too
much space.
 But the unit itself seems great...maybe just not the best thing for a
motorcycle.
  Matt Heyer


On 11/2/05, Jonathan <jonathanrellis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Anyone looked at the Lowrance i500C GPS? Bit pricey, but man has it gotten
> good reviews, plus a 10 gig MP3 player! I haven't seen one yet, but it
> should be a tough unit and waterproof since they build the Marine units.
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